How do the analyst's consciously held theoretical commitments
intersect with the actual conduct of analysis? Do commitments to
notions like "psychic truth" or "analytic neutrality" affect
interpretive style, the willingness to acknowledge treatment
mistakes, and other pragmatic preferences? Does the commitment to
cerain comcepts entail commitment to related ideas and practices to
the exclusion of others?
This is the uncharted domain that Victoria Hamilton explores in
The Analyst's Preconscious. At the heart of her endeavor is an
imaginatively conceived empirical investigation revolving around
in-depth interviews with 65 leading analysts in the United States
and Britain. In these lively and free-ranging discussions, the
reader encounter firsthand the thoughtfulness with which
practitioners wrestle with the ambiguous relations between various
theoretical positions, whether or not their own, and the exigencies
of the therapeutic encounter.
The result is a uniquely detailed map of contemporary
psychoanalysis. Hamilton documents the existence of different
analytic cultures, each shaped by a need to maintain inner
consistency among fundamental assumptions and also by
extratheoretical factors, including geography, collegial
experiences, and exposure to particular teachers and
supervisors.
A major contribution to understanding the pluralism of
contemporary psychoanalysis, The Analyst's Preconscious is also a
celebration of the dedication and sensitivity with which
contemporary analysts seek to organize their therapeutic practices
amidst the welter of proliferating concepts and rival schools of
thought. Coming at a critical juncture in the history of the field,
this work is indispensable to all who care about psychoanalytic
culture and psychoanalytic practice, and especially about the
analyst's real-world adaptation to the theoretical turbulence of
our time.
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